PAUL DONOVAN is chilled by the contemporary resonance of Harper Lee’s coming of age tale amidst racism and white supremacy in this excellent production
Latest editorial
Theatre: A memorable trip
Long Day’s Journey into Night makes its mark on GORDON PARSONS
GEOFF BOTTOMS recommends the unashamedly light-hearted escapism on offer in this stage version of the 1963 film
Full of mysterious religious references and radical sound design, the Scottish duo’s new offering is candidate for album of the year, suggests SIMON DUFF
MARY CONWAY revels in a powerful reminder that human lives are not defined by physical perfection
PAUL DONOVAN recommends the fine performances in this account of the pre-war meeting between the US president and the British king
TECLYN AROD relishes an intimate celebration of jazz improvisation that mixes local and national musicians
Long Day’s Journey into Night
Bristol Old Vic
4/5
EUGENE O’NEILL left instructions that his painfully autobiographical domestic drama, written in “tears and blood,” should not be published until 25 years after his death and never be produced on stage.
Thankfully, his widow countermanded his wishes and gave the world the modern equivalent of that other epic family drama, King Lear.
Similar stories
DAVID NICHOLSON recommends the staging of this Wagnerian classic minus one or two insignificant quibbles
GORDON PARSONS is blown away by a superb production of Rostand’s comedy of verbal panache and swordmanship
JAN WOOLF is beguiled by the tempting notion that Freud psychoanalysed Hitler in a comedy that explores the vulnerability of a damaged individual
GORDON PARSONS acknowledges the authority with which Sarah Kane’s theatrical justification for suicide has resonance today